Letter from Jacob Canter DeLaMotta to Isaac Leeser;April 20, 1830
- Title
- Letter from Jacob Canter DeLaMotta to Isaac Leeser;April 20, 1830
- Author
- Jacob Canter DeLaMotta
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Date Created
- 20 April 1830
- Format
- Letter. 3 page(s) on 4 sheet(s).
- Type
- Letter
- Language(s)
- English
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3sb3xj9d/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3sb3xj9d
- Physical Characteristics
- Unlined Paper
- Manuscript
- content
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Charleston S.C. April 20th 1830.
Revd. Mr. Leeser,
My Dear Sir,
I was not misrepresented to you when you were told I entertain “feelings of Friendship;” and I am pleased in the opportunity thus offered, of renewing to you, the assurance of the most unfeigned sentiments of Friendly concern, for your prosperity and advancement, without using high toned expressions, you have claims to the regard of every man who venerates the religion of his forefathers, and your individual merits entitle you to the consideration of those who possess your acquaintance.
I shall cheerfully use my efforts to further your views in obtaining subscribers to your contemplated Publications, and doubt not they will meet with deserved approbation. I have placed one of the Properties in the hands of a respectable book seller who will use all exertions to obtain subscribers not of our pursuasion—and he intends also to make it more public by placing it in the Gazette of our city, provided it is agreeable to you. I cannot promise you many subscribers among our people. I find that the subscription lists you sent to other of your Friends are in circulation, and will interfere with the number of subscribers, the
I should have otherwise obtained—however, I shall do all I can for you. Why was your title of Revd not prefixed to your name? I hope your modesty did not prompt to the omissions.
It is sometime since I have heard from Philadelphia, it is always a source of pleasure to hear of my Friends through any channel. I hope they are all well particularly the young Ladies, to whom you will please make my best respects acceptable. By-the-By, have you made a selection? and is your admiration of the Lady you name in your letter, still as strong as when I last was in Philadelphia? I have always considered it as perfectly consistent with clerical Gentlemen, to pay their adorations to a superior and Inferior Divinities.
I contemplate, should professional concerns not interfere, to pay you a short visit some time during the summer, till which I have the pleasure
of subscribing myself
your friend and
well wisher
Jacob De La Motta
P. S. My best respects to Mr. Peixotto and his family.
The Revd. Isaac Leeser
Philadelphia
per packet
Langdon Chaves? - Identifier
- LSTCAT_item51
- Date
- 1830-04-20
Part of Letter from Jacob Canter DeLaMotta to Isaac Leeser;April 20, 1830
Jacob Canter DeLaMotta, “Letter from Jacob Canter DeLaMotta to Isaac Leeser;April 20, 1830”, 1830-04-20, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/65365